Mechanisms of Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity for Oxygen Reduction Reaction on High-Index Platinum n(111)-(111) Surfaces

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 3346-3351

  Yue, Jeffrey ^a   Du, Zheng ^b   Shao, Minhua ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen ^*  (China)

Author keywords

density functional theory; electrocatalysis; platinum; shape controlled; single crystals

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BINDING ENERGY; BINDING SITES; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; PLATINUM; REDUCTION; SINGLE CRYSTALS; BINS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

BOND DISSOCIATION; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; HIGH INDEX PLANES; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PROTONATION REACTIONS; PT NANOPARTICLES; SHAPE-CONTROLLED; STEPPED SURFACES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; BINDING ENERGY;

EID: 84940942640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01345     Document Type: Article

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